The First Ring

Zumaoriridoka rolls his eyes. Strength comes with time, and practice. The statement was ridiculous, and useless. Words of an angry, lonely fool. He thought it sad and unfortunate, really. But such is the fate of Tieflings; no place in the world, demon or human, and an evil spirit besides.

But on another matter: The soldiers mentioned Wrath, and the Vagrant mentioned Dresden being foul; sounds like Dresden needs a bit of divine intervention, some holy purification. Well they would need a minister or a cleric for that; Zumaoriridoka would prefer to tear down the statues and attack Wrath's minions, if they intervene. He decides to continue following the soldiers, but hesitates to give a piece of bread to the poor boy.

The soldiers are out of sight, but their tracks are clear in the dirt road.The boy smiles at Bruce, once he is given the bread.bruce heads toward the way the soldiers have gone, however Annabeth is preocupied with finding a cape. A curtain, the barkeep sees Annabeth eyes his curtains and says, "Ill give you it for 10 silvers"

Annabeth simply tosses 10 silvers in the barkeep's direction, before taking the curtain, and fastening it round her person. She then proceeds to attempt to follow the tracks the soldiers have left behind, while fashioning a new cape out of her newly gained curtain.

As the couple arrive at Dresden, they are approached by guardsmen and asked,"What do you wish inside of Dresden? If you are tourists I would suggest another city. Although we have some things here for other kinds of "tourists.""

Before the two can respond, an Aasimar appears behind the guards. Both the guards are obviously startled and then move out of the way for the Aasimar. The Aasimar has long pointed elf like ears and shoulder length yellow hair. He wears a formal outfit, as if he were of the aristocracy. "Hahaha, I always love doing that. Anyway what brings you wonderful people to our great city? I am Horiil Thelore, I am a member of the court in this city. I would love to show you around the city, but I have things I need to do. Meet me at the entrance to the courthouse at sunset, and I will give you a tour. I must be going now, I hope you show up."

As Horiil Turns to leave, Bruce notices a disgusted look aimed at Annabeth, however Annabeth does not notice this.

The Aasimar begins walking away, and is soon out of sight. The guards look confused and with a worried look, say, "If you know Horiil, please come in. We would not want you to miss your arrangement."

Before Horiil is out of sight, Annabeth notices a ring similar to that of Genn's.

OOC: You are allowed into the city, however you dont have to go in immediately, and look awkward standing outside of it.

Zumaoriridoka is pleased by the Aasimar; some kindness is always acceptable. He wasn't sure why he was speaking the same way towards Annabeth... it was obvious that he didn't like her. What does he want with us at the courthouse? He had a feeling that Horiil had some ulterior motives. As for now, it didn't concern Zumaoriridoka. No reason it should.

He decided to kill time, walking the streets and keeping an eye out for spare change and crime.

Being not able to resist the temptation to do a good deed, Zumaoriridoka breaks off a piece of bread and hands it to the beggar. "Be well," he says as he departs. Afterwards, he finds a nice spot on the grass and begins to meditate to pass the time.

After his meditation, Zumaoriridoka curiously tries to enter the courthouse early, looking to see what's going on inside. Being a monk and naturally desiring to find order in things, he likes watching court cases, sometimes providing his own opinion. But right now he just wants to kill time.

Annabeth keeps a keen eye out for two things, pockets to pick, and fellow thieves, as she continues on her way to the armory. She attempts to find helpful items along the way, along with pockets to pick.

The current time is around 5:30pm, sunset will happen at 7, Time will be stated everyone of my posts from now on until sunset.

Annabeth notices a few rogue-like characters around the city. However most of them seem to be better equip to deal with trouble than her.

Bruce hears the group talking about a "plate" located somewhere near the city. "We need to find it. It is imperative to our goal." Genn says to the group. One of the soldiers looks young and afraid, Genn notices this, and reassures the boy that it is for a good cause.

Annabeth, not wanting to get herself into any unnecessary trouble, continues on her way to the armory, still looking for items of value, and keeping a close eye out for anyone who may want to cause her harm.

Zumaoriridoka is curious about this... plate. Distrustful of the soldiers, he decides that he'll keep an eye out for this "plate." He probably won't be able to find it on his own without causing suspicion, so he keeps to himself. He is also curious about what this goal of theirs might be, so he tries to keep listening in.